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FIRE-STARTER
by King, Stephen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First Trade edition
- Published
- ( 1980 )
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670315413
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- 1
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NZ$50.76
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New York: Viking Press, ( 1980 ). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo, clothbacked boards, single, fine, inch ink line on fore-edge
King's 7th novel. Item Price
NZ$50.76
Wives And Lovers
by Millar, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- ( 1954)
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- Green cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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New York: Random House, ( 1954). First edition. Green cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Price-clipped dj
Millar lived with husband Kenneth Millar, a.k.a. Ross Macdonald, in Santa Barbara, California. This novel, a major attempt "to deal with the lives and loves of 'ordinary' middle-class people in contempoary society", takes place in a waterfront community. Portrait of Millar… Read more about this item Item Price
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Experiment in Springtime
by Millar, Margaret
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Edition
- First printing
- Published
- ( 1947)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$76.14
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New York: Random House, ( 1947). First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 8vo, 279pp., edgeworn dj nicked at tips of spine; with $2.50 price.
Not one of her novels of detection, but rather a love story -dedicated to her husband, mystery novelist Kenneth Millar. Mrs. Millar insists "that fiction must aim at imaginative tather than scientific truth, and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STRANGE BOARDERS OF PALACE CRESCENT
by OPPENHEIM, E. Phillips
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American edition
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- 1934
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$16.92
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1934. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 308 pages, green stamped black cloth, booksellers label on front free endpaper
Espionage and sleuthing. It inspired the 1938 comedy thriller, "Strange Boarders". Item Price
NZ$16.92
THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLE
by CHEEVER, John
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- ( 1957 )
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$59.22
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New York: Harper & Brothers, ( 1957 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. Octavo, 307 pages, clothbacked boards
First Edition, and with the code letters "B-G". Cheever's first novel, which won the National Book Award in 1958. Note: this nicked dust jacket carries an incomplete National Book Award sticker (which someone tried badly and inexpertly to remove,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The General's Lady
by Forbes, Esther
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- Armed Services edition
- Published
- [ 1945 ]
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- Paperback
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$28.76
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New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [ 1945 ]. Armed Services edition. Paperback. Good. Oblong 12mo, 383 pages, stapled wrappers, Scarce.
ASE no. T-29. " Morganna Bale of Boston married the rebel General Milroy to save her Tory family's fortune ...." The complete book. Item Price
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The Great Lazarus
by Skelton, Red
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- ( 1986 )
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$126.90
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Skelton Publications, ( 1986 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 162 pages, maroon cloth, shop sticker on front pastedown.
This tells the story about a gentle man, so powerful and dynamic he defies death and at will could destroy all religious beliefs. He is a philosopher, cynic, and swindler that swindles swindlers. Jacket illustration by Red Skelton. Item Price
NZ$126.90
Old Whitey
by Skelton, Red
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- issued without
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Lothian Book World, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/issued without. 8vo, white cloth
Copy 2513 / 5000, This book details the relationship between Skelton's grandfather and a horse he rode named Whitey. Item Price
NZ$126.90
Dick Haley
by O. B. Whitaker, Oliver Barr Whitaker
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1910
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Dayton, OH: Christian Publishing Association, 1910. First edition. 12mo,
Whitaker was the President of the Union Christian College, in Merom, Indiana. His first book, HERBERT BROWN (1905) went through 7 editions quickly. "Dick Haley" was the son of a miner who was killed in a saloon fight. This novel tells of the difficulties which ensued… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE EVANGELICAL COCKROACH
by WOODFORD, Jack, pseud. [ WOOLFOLK, Josiah Pitts ]
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$25.38
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New York: Louis Carrier & Co., 1929. First. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 309 pages, maroon cloth, good, lacks front free endpaper
Author's first book. Woodford was a prolific writer during the Chicago Renaissace who knew all the writers here, but he is ignored by nearly all critics because most of his material appeared in 'sex magazines'. [See… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN THE TWELFTH YEAR OF THE WAR
by APPLEMAN, Philip
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$25.38
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New York: Putnam's, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, black cloth; some toning to dj
Poet's first novel. This " is a novel of ship life and men at sea in the same sense that MOBY DICK is a novel about whaling. ... an Everyman tale, well written, rich in observation and satire - Boston Globe."… Read more about this item Item Price
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A STORY TELLER'S STORY
by ANDERSON, Sherwood
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1924
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- Hardcover
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New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 442 pages, brown pebbled cloth, ex - private club library w. pocket
An American writer's journey through his own imaginative world, with many of his experiences among other writers Item Price
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THE PUBLIC IMAGE
by SPARK, Muriel
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$33.84
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo, grayish cloth; about fine dj
This novel explores celebrity culture Item Price
NZ$33.84
SHAME THE DEVIL
by APPLEMAN, Philip
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517542866
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- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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New York: Crown, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo; white dj with light stain at fold of flap
Poet's second novel Item Price
NZ$25.38
BACK COUNTRY
by FULLER, William
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition
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- 1954 )
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- Paperback
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$42.30
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New York: (Dell, 1954 ). First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 16mo, 222 pages
No. 8 in this series of paperback first editions, Dell no. 5. Item Price
NZ$42.30
A Doll Named Moses
by Arch Crawford
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- ( 1982 )
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780682497299
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$25.38
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Smithtown, NY: Exposition Press, ( 1982 ). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 416 pages, red cloth
Presentaion copy to the Sandersons: "You may recognize some / of the characters - at least / partially ...." With Crawford's name and address in Arizona on the pastedown endpaper. Item Price
NZ$25.38
Lakeland Chronicles
by A. A. Fahel
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$20.30
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No place: Published by the author, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, 319 pages
Two prodigals meet on a train, hometown bound, one for a wedding, one for a funeral, unaware they are at the center of a web of connectivity running back through decades and centuries into history, mystery, and mythology of Lakeland, Indiana. Note:… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1922
- Binding
- Stapled wrappers
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- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$42.30
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Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1922. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Very Good. Folio, horizontal fold, mailing address at upper left margin
An Historic Milestones issue, featuring Ethan Allen Facing the Bayonets of His Captors, depicted in full color by Will Eaton. Rear cover ad for Kodak. Item Price
NZ$42.30
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Stapled wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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NZ$59.22
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Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1923. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Very Good. Folio, horizontal fold, mailing address at upper left margin, chip at fold of left margin
An Historic Milestones issue, featuring Christopher Columbus espying the land of the New World, depicted in full color by Arthur Ernst Becher. Rear cover ad for Waterman's fountain pens; other ads for… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION
by F. C. Yohn
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Stapled wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1923. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Good. Folio, horizontal fold, mailing address at upper left margin, small chip at right margin
An Historic Milestones issue, featuring George Rogers Clark at Vincennes depicted in full color by F. C. Yohn. Rear cover ad for Colgate toothpaste. Item Price
NZ$59.22